NEW DELHI: India is finalising its hub-and-spoke policy of flying passengers between small towns and rest of the world via hub like Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. The move comes amid Air India and IndiGo’s massive orders for wide body aircraft; the coming of age of Indian hub airports that are gearing up for domestic-to-international and…
Veteran actor Rakesh Bedi is reaping the rewards of the blockbuster success of Aditya Dhar‘s Dhurandhar (2025) and Dhurandhar The Revenge (2026), starring Ranveer Singh. Known for his impeccable comic timing and vast body of work, the actor has witnessed a fresh surge in popularity with the franchise.It has now emerged that the makers went…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Resource Mobilisation Committee has recommended the introduction of online liquor sales in the state as part of broader excise reforms, a move that is likely to spark debate given past opposition. In a report on Karnataka’s excise policy, the committee described selling liquor online as a “complement to retail reforms”. It says digital…
Consider embarking on a journey where you rarely have to make a U-turn or travel back down the same road. Rather, the road continues to stretch itself in front of you from one continent to another, through mountain ranges, rainforests, deserts, and cities. This road does exist, and it is known as the Pan-American Highway,…
FILE Picture (AP Photo/Jason Redmond, File) Microsoft is planning its first voluntary employee buyout in the company’s 51-year history. According to a memo, Microsoft is offering voluntary retirement to thousands of its employees in the US. Microsoft has never previously done buyouts of this scale. As per the report, about 7% of Microsoft’s workforce in…
After months of quietly dating, Kritika Kamra and Gaurav Kapur surprised fans by tying the knot in March this year in an intimate ceremony. The couple had kept their relationship under wraps until December 2025, when Kritika made it Instagram-official—sending fans into a frenzy. ‘I’ve been guarded about my personal life’ Opening up about the…
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) players took the field wearing black armbands in their IPL 2026 match against Mumbai Indians (MI) on Thursday.CSK and MI came face to face for the first time in IPL 2026. The much-awaited game, dubbed as the ‘El Classico’, entered a new phase as it is the first IPL match without…
Mangaluru: Enumerators engaged in the ongoing census and house-listing exercise in Puttur and Kadaba taluks of Dakshina Kannada district have raised concerns over the lack of basic safety measures, transport facilities and essential work kits, urging the district administration to take immediate action.In a petition submitted to the deputy commissioner through the Puttur sub-division assistant…
Shardul Thakur came out to bat for Mumbai Indians during his team’s match vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the IPL 2026 match on Thursday. Interestingly, Shardul Thakur was not part of the Mumbai’s starting XI and even not the impact player. Mumbai had already used opener Danish Malewar as its impact player in place…
The Natural History Museum in London has discovered a previously unknown species of coelacanth from fossil remains that date back about 150 years (Macropoma gombessae). The new coelacanth is important because it helps to fill in a huge evolutionary gap of about 50 million years for coelacanths, one of the world’s most recognised ‘living fossils.’…
